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The Imperial Examination, also known as the Imperial Examination, was always held after the General Examination, which was always in March. The imperial examination was held at the beginning of the third year of Hongwu, and the date of the imperial examination was set as the third day of March. The imperial examination was stopped for ten years, and was not resumed until the eighteenth year of Hongwu.

For the imperial examination, the first day of the third lunar month was designated as the palace examination day. Even so, there were exceptions. In the seventh year of Yongle, because Emperor Yongle Zhu Di visited the north, the palace examination that was supposed to be held was postponed for two years and was not held until the ninth year of Yongle.

The Jinke Imperial Examination was also postponed for more than ten days, and was finally scheduled for March 18th.

The imperial examination was conducted by the emperor himself, so it was an unusual and solemn scene. Unlike the imperial examination which only tested classics and history, the imperial examination not only tested the meaning of the classics, but also the current politics. When the policy was announced, the palace was filled with more than 200 tributes.

Scholars naturally pay close attention to each other, and Zhang Yue is no exception.

"The emperor must have an important way to govern the world. In the past, the saints hung down their clothes and ruled the world. In the Tang and Yu eras, the way of governance was clear, and they ordered officials to consult and pastor and recorded it in books... The Rites of the Zhou Dynasty were also written by the Duke of Zhou. Why is it bothering to compare with others?

The inaction of the Tang Dynasty and Yu Dynasty was different. However, the laws and regulations were so precise that they could be used throughout the world. How could later generations abolish them until the Qin Dynasty? The Han Dynasty inherited the shortcomings of the Qin Dynasty and was not far away from the Zhou Dynasty. It could be restored, but why could it not change because it was still the same?

With the Tang Dynasty... People have always said that the way to govern lies in the same morals and the same customs. Today's world is so vast, the livestock is so numerous, and the boundaries of this territory are so different. The food trends are different. Why should we have morals, and why should we have the same customs?

? And Tongzi is very familiar with the classics, history and current affairs. If it is beneficial to governance, I will describe it in detail without hiding it. I will see it personally."

When Zhang Yue understood that Jinke's policymaking was all about governance, Zhang Yue suddenly had countless ideas in his mind, and he pondered for a long time before writing.

Compared with the imperial examination, rural examination, and joint examination, the palace examination does not require crowding into a small room in the tribute courtyard like the provincial examination. There is no need to search the body to check for encumbrances when entering to accept the examination. At this time, the tributes respectfully saw off the emperor and began to work hard.

Although they are all tributes, after all, the top three rankings are extremely important. If you are at the bottom of the list, it is naturally not an honorable thing. Even Zhang Yue has forgotten his grandmother's instructions. After all, in the end, who will be the top two or the top three?

Is it up to him to decide?

Those who can serve as the chief examiners of the palace examination have always been the most favored civil servants before the emperor. For example, in the second year of Yongle, it was Xie Jin, in the fifth year of Yongle, it was Hu Guang, and in the ninth year of Yongle, it was Yang Shiqi. Now, in the sixteenth year of Yongle, the Wuxu Ke

For the imperial examination, Yang Rong, a Hanlin scholar, served as the examiner. Compared with several white-headed men over fifty among the Jinshi in the court, he looked extremely energetic at forty years old, and with a few strands of long beard on his chin, he showed a more elegant demeanor. Several comparisons

His older examiner sat there, looking more and more like a foil.

At this time, the emperor had already retreated, and Yang Rong's eyes swept across the scholars. When he saw Zhang Yue, he couldn't help but smile. Zhu Di's trust in the Zhang family was unshakable. Due to the relationship between the British Duke Zhang Fu, although Zhang Yue

Even at such a young age, he can be ranked among the Gongshi. However, his skills in writing have to be tempered over time. Therefore, even if Zhang Yue becomes a Jinshi this year, the rank is not something he can expect. But Zhu Di must not care.

For his ranking, all he cares about is whether he can win.

Having said that, no matter how much people like Zhang Yue today, they would never let a close relative of the first Xuanli military official enter the cabinet.

Zhang Yue had no time to look at others at this time. Although there were official test papers and draft paper for the imperial examination, he only had one day, and it would be too late to make a draft and then copy it. So, he glanced at the draft and simply started writing.

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The weather in the north in March was still cold, but when he wrote three papers in one breath, which he estimated to be a thousand words, his forehead was already covered with fine beads of sweat. At this time, he glanced around

He found that everyone was concentrating and sweating on their foreheads, so he stopped looking around and started writing along the lines of thought. He gradually discovered the benefits of practicing calligraphy diligently. At least, these regular regular scripts were written from scratch without much effort.

The writing flows smoothly, and it is pleasing to the eye to look at it.

I think Du Zhen probably thought of this moment when he was practicing calligraphy for nine cold winters.

Like those modern invigilators, the examiner of this palace examination naturally did not sit there motionless. After sitting there for more than an hour, Yang Rong began to walk along the candidates' seats, and even picked up part of the papers that had been copied.

Take a look at hundreds of papers. The examiner only has three days to judge the papers. Naturally, it is impossible to judge all the papers in a completely fair and impartial manner. He is just trying his best to present the best papers to the imperial review.

For the main examination, all the current students are his disciples, so he naturally hopes to have a few more talents, so that his future will be brighter.

He read through many papers along the way and remembered several students with extremely outstanding strategies one by one. He became more and more satisfied. Looking at this situation, at least he didn't have to worry about not having good papers to submit, and he could finally put down the biggest one.

Concerns. When he arrived in front of Zhang Yue, he casually picked up the examination paper and took a look at it. He saw that it still had the extremely energetic and regular regular script on it, and he couldn't help but nodded.

After reading the article carefully, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise. Seeing that Zhang Yue was engrossed in the article and didn't notice him, he stood thoughtfully for a moment and then put down the paper. Then he wandered around for a while and stopped by.

After reading Zhang Zhuo's article, he put down his hand when he saw that it was quite satisfactory. Instead, he stayed in front of the youngest Xia Ji's table for a while.

If Zhang Yue gave him a lot of surprise, then this young man who had just turned fifteen gave him even more surprises. The article was far from round, but it exuded a rush of vigor, and this article

People are very different from others in their carelessness. He was only thirty-one years old when he joined the cabinet, and he was considered a young man who had achieved great success. Now when he looks back at the young man, he suddenly feels an inexplicable melancholy.

Although the position is high, the person is old, and money cannot buy youth. This is indeed a wise saying.

At the end of the palace examination that day, the examiner collected the examination papers and drafts, but some candidates still failed to finish copying, and could not help but beat their chests and beat their feet. There was a frown on their faces. However, when Yang Rong said to him with a smile,

After saying a few words, he immediately became elated. It was not until Zhang Yue asked curiously after leaving the palace that he smiled.

"Although it is an unfinished volume, Academician Xiao Yang said that I have done a good job in this ten thousand-character policy theory, and will definitely submit it to the imperial government together with the draft. Naturally, I don't want to do this, but if I can get it as an 'unfinished volume'

I'm satisfied with a second-level job!" After he finished speaking, he suddenly grabbed Zhang Yue next to him and asked with a smile, "I took a sneak peek at you while you were busy, but you didn't draft the article when you were writing it?"

Zhang Zhuo himself is older and is not too demanding about his ranking. Thinking that during the previous examination, his ranking was still ahead of Zhang Yue's, and it was probably because the examiner moved him in front of his son in the name of not being able to stand up to his father, he felt a little apologetic in his heart.

.So when he heard Wansijie's question and saw that Zhang Yue didn't look annoyed, he couldn't help but feel surprised.

"Since your draft is not a draft, you are not afraid that the examiner will question you because your draft is completely empty and it breaks the rules?"

"An examiner did question me, but I replied that the draft must be submitted in the examination room. It was just to prevent others from writing on behalf of others. Now that everyone is watching in front of the hall, why would anyone write on behalf of others? Why should I avoid it? Academician Xiao Yang left.

Come on, naturally let me go." Zhang Yue smiled, and when Wan Shijie was surprised, he said angrily, "You also know my words. If I make a draft, I will never finish it. Today, I will

I tried my best to write more than 3,000 words of strategy, but it is not as eloquent as yours, which is almost 10,000 words."

At this time, Xia Ji also caught up from behind and called Wan Shijie familiarly, Brother Wan. He also said hello to Zhang Yue. When he learned that Zhang Zhuo was Zhang Yue's father, he was surprised and immediately raised his eyebrows.

Thumbs up.

"It is said that the father and the son are Jinshi, but I have never heard of the same subject getting the middle ground. Yuanjie you and your father are really amazing!"

Zhang Zhuo had already heard Zhang Yue talk about this youngest Gongshi, and he didn't feel embarrassed to hear him say that. So the four of them walked and joked together. This combination of quite different ages attracted others.

Wan Shijie often visited Yang Shiqi, and he was quite famous among the southern scholars. Many people here knew him, and they all came up to say hello. Naturally, those scholars had to let Wan Shijie introduce other people around him.

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"Others don't know, but I recognize Zhang Yue and Zhang Yuanjie!"

Suddenly a voice came out from the side, and Zhang Yue followed the sound. But he vaguely remembered the face of this person, as if he was one of the scholars when he met the emperor and the emperor's grandson at Yang Shiqi's mansion for the first time. At this moment, although the face of that person was

With a smile, there was a strong sourness in his tone.

"He is the disciple of Mr. Du, the current Chief Minister of Shandong. His nickname was also given by Bachelor Dayang. He has also met the emperor and the emperor's grandson. Not only that, he is also the cousin of the British Duke. The British Duke was seriously ill at the end of last year.

At that time, he rushed from Nanjing to Beijing to attend to his illness. He was more filial than his own son. The emperor was overjoyed and awarded him the title of Juren. After all, he is a child of a rich family. How can we, the poor scholars, compare with him!"

Since the start of the scientific examination in the Hongwu period, the conflict between scholars from the north and the south has never stopped. The most famous one is the North-South ranking list in the 30th year of Hongwu. Since almost all the fifty-one Jinshi admitted at that time were from the south, the northern scholars

The scholars collectively made trouble, so Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang not only severely punished the examiner of the subject, but Chen, the top scorer in the subject, was also executed. In June, a new examination was held, and almost all candidates were from the north. This vigorous Hongwu 30th

The North-South List Incident in 2006 also caused the North-South literary world to never be at odds.

Therefore, after being provoked like this, a group of southern scholars looked at Zhang Yue a little differently. After all, this place is close to the West Palace, and everyone is of the same age, so naturally it is impossible for them to really make a fuss and get into trouble.

But it is rare for someone to speak in a weird and weird way.

"If I could have relatives and teachers like that, I would probably be the top scholar, let alone a Jinshi before I was sixteen years old."

As a man of two generations, Zhang Yue didn't care about such cynicism, and he didn't want to get into a meaningless dispute. However, when he didn't answer, someone next to him couldn't help but sneered: "I'm younger than Yuan Jie.

I don’t have any honorable relatives! What’s the point of criticizing someone who has ambitions but not his age, and who is growing older but unable to pass the exam as soon as possible?”

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man in his forties with a pointed chin. When he heard this, his face suddenly filled with anger. Zhang Yue did not expect that Xia Ji took the initiative to take over the matter for him. At this time, he frowned, but it was no longer easy to watch and grab

Before the man spoke, he warned in a deep voice: "Don't forget, our Master, Bachelor Yang, was a Jinshi at the age of twenty-nine and entered the cabinet at the age of thirty-one. If you want to talk about him, just tell him.

If you say no because of your age, where can you put Bachelor Yang?"

After the conversation, everything was quiet. Although several southern scholars were dissatisfied, they did not dare to say anything. They all walked away angrily. It was not until they left that Wan Shijie helplessly showed his hands to Zhang Yue.

"I'm the one who caused all the trouble today. I'm really sorry for you, Yuan Jie! These people are clinging to one reason. What they think is right is right, and what they think is wrong is wrong. The most difficult thing is
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